Deadwater
Deadwater is a small settlement in Northumberland, England, about 3 miles north west of Kielder, Northumberland, on the English side of the border between Scotland and England.Photo: The Boy that time forgot, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Locality
- Description: village in Northumberland, England, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Deadwater, Northumberland”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Deadwater railway station and Kielder Observatory.
Deadwater railway station
Building
Photo: Les Hull, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Deadwater railway station is a closed railway station situated on the border between England and Scotland at the head of the North Tyne River. The station served the settlement of Deadwater which consisted of just six houses.
Kielder Observatory
Photo: Phil Thirkell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kielder Observatory is an astronomical observatory located in Kielder Forest, Northumberland, England. The site is on Black Fell, overlooking Kielder Water near the Scottish border. Kielder Observatory is situated 2½ miles south of Deadwater.
Peel Fell
Peak
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Peel Fell is the highest hill in the Kielder Forest region of England, making it the highest hill for several miles in each direction until the Cheviot Hills to the north-east are reached. Peel Fell is situated 2 miles northeast of Deadwater.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saughtree and Plashetts.
Saughtree
Hamlet
Saughtree is a hamlet in the Scottish Borders at the junction of the B6357 and an unnamed road from Kielder village in Northumberland, England. It is at the confluence of the Liddel Water and Dawston Burn, in Liddesdale. Saughtree is situated 2½ miles west of Deadwater.
Plashetts
Locality
Plashetts is a small settlement in Northumberland, in England south east of Kielder, Northumberland. It is about 22 miles north west of Hexham. Part of the settlement is now beneath the surface of Kielder Water. Plashetts is situated 5 miles southeast of Deadwater.
Ninestane Rig
Locality
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ninestane Rig is a small stone circle in Scotland near the English border. Located in Roxburghshire, near to Hermitage Castle, it was probably made between 2000 BC and 1250 BC, during the Late Neolithic or early Bronze Age. Ninestane Rig is situated 5 miles west of Deadwater.
Deadwater
- Categories: village and farm
- Location: Kielder, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.26439° or 55° 15′ 52″ northLongitude
-2.62213° or 2° 37′ 20″ westOpen location code
9C7V797H+Q4OpenStreetMap ID
way 767465300OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=farmyardOpenStreetMap feature
place=localityWikidata ID
Q5245721
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Deadwater” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Deadwater, Northumberland”
- French: “Deadwater”
- Irish: “Deadwater”
- Japanese: “デッドウォーター”
- Polish: “Deadwater (Northumberland)”
- Polish: “Deadwater”
- Welsh: “Deadwater, Northumberland”
- Welsh: “Deadwater”
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